Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 6.31.11

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न शून्यताशून्यते वा शिलाकोश इव द्रुमः ।
शून्यताशून्यता नाम महती ख इवाखता ॥ ११ ॥

na śūnyatāśūnyate vā śilākośa iva drumaḥ |
śūnyatāśūnyatā nāma mahatī kha ivākhatā || 11 ||

It is as wrong to call it either as empty or solid, as it is to say a tree growing in the womb of a stone to call it either the one or the other; is to have it for the infinite vacuum or the full plenum.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (6.31.11). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Shunyatashunyata, Shila, Kosha, Iva, Druma, Naman, Mahat, Mahati, Kha, Akha, Tan,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 6.31.11). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “na śūnyatāśūnyate vā śilākośa iva drumaḥ ”
na -
na (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

na (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]

na (noun, neuter)

[compound], [vocative single]
śūnyatāśūnyate -
śūnyatāśūnyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
vā -
vā (indeclinable conjunction)

[indeclinable conjunction]

vā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

√vā (verb class 1)

[imperative active second single]
śilā -
śilā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]
kośa* -
kośa (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
drumaḥ -
druma (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “śūnyatāśūnyatā nāma mahatī kha ivākhatā ”
śūnyatāśūnyatā* -
śūnyatāśūnyatā (noun, feminine)

[nominative plural], [vocative plural], [accusative plural]
nāma -
nāman (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
mahatī -
mahatī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [nominative single]

mahat (noun, neuter)

[nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
kha* -
kha (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
ivā -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
ākha -
ākha (noun, masculine)

[compound], [vocative single]
tā -
tā (noun, feminine)

[nominative single]

tan (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]